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Geithner, whose offenses were worse, should be dismissed.(The Week)(Timothy F. Geithner)(Brief article)

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Geithner, whose offenses were worse, should be dismissed. He is an eminent example of our new two-tiered tax code--one law for us yokels, another, more generous system for politically connected friends of Barack Obama. Geithner failed to pay various self-employment taxes in spite of the fact that his employer paid him many thousands of dollars to offset those very taxes (what, your employer doesn't give you an allowance to make up for your taxes?) and in spite of the fact that, upon accepting that money, Geithner signed a form ...

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